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Live Nation execs: We're "robbing them"

Alex Galbraith

Two senior employees at the concert giant bragged about exploiting customers

A demonstrator holds a picture of Iran’s new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei at Enghelab Square in central Tehran on March 9, 2026, as supporters gather for a rally backing his appointment to replace his father after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in joint U.S. and Israeli strikes on February 28. (Photo by Arezoo/Getty Images)

Khamenei defiant in first statement

Garrett Owen

Khamenei said Iran would "avenge the blood of [its] martyrs" and suggested opening new fronts in the war

US President Donald Trump speaks during the "Shield of the Americas" Summit at Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida, March 7, 2026. (Photo by Saul Loeb/Getty Images)

Trump makes "giant mess" in Ecuador

Garrett Owen

Joint drug enforcement operations in Ecuador provide little benefit to Americans or Ecuadorians

Frustrated woman considers her options. (sukanya sitthikongsak/Getty Images)

Is living with men worth it?

Andi Zeisler

Women are increasingly choosing not to marry and men assume they know why. They don't

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Stephen Miller and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The long war on the American left

Heather Digby Parton

Conservatives have often used the federal government to go after protesters and dissenters

Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Ariz., confers with House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

GOP Islamophobia now has no limits

Sophia Tesfaye

Responses to the Gracie Mansion attack show how far the party has moved from Bush's defense of Muslims in America

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Trump seeks even more private data

Nicholas Liu

Private data might include anything from school enrollment information to physical locations and residenial address

(Salon)

Best VPN in the US for 2026

Jared Howe

We tested the top VPN services for streaming, privacy and speed in the United States

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Timothée Chalamet attends the 98th Oscar Nominees Luncheon (Monica Schipper/WireImage/Getty Images)

The Trumpification of Oscars season

Coleman Spilde

From a "La La Land"–"Moonlight" fiasco to Chalamet’s opera drama, awards debates now mirror Trump-era culture wars

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Make your meatloaf like a steakhouse

Ashlie D. Stevens

Deeply savory, sliceable and built for real browning

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GOP doesn't care about parents' rights

Amanda Marcotte

The Supreme Court’s move against trans kids in California empowers MAGA to mess with all families

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., left, and COVID-19 vaccine adviser Retsef Levi (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Lane Turner / Boston Globe / Taylor Hill / WireImage)

RFK Jr.’s vaccine adviser under scrutiny

Jelinda Montes

Public health experts criticize Retsef Levi’s studies ahead of a key vaccine advisory meeting

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U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth stands at attention during an advanced honor cordon for Canadian National Defense Minister David McGuinty at the Pentagon on September 22, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

DoD nixed plan to avoid civilian deaths

Hannah Allam - ProPublica

The Trump administration scrapped a harm-prevention framework and laid off the staff members in charge

(Salon)

Best VPN for Canada

Marc Dahan

We tested VPNs for privacy, Netflix access and high-speed browsing in Canada

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman on the nation's highest court, speaks at the 60th Commemoration of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing on September 15, 2023 in Birmingham, Alabama. (Butch Dill - Pool/Getty Images)

KBJ bashes SCOTUS' use of shadow docket

Alex Galbraith

The liberal justice said that emergency rulings were "not serving this country well."

U2 (Pratik Chorge/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

U2 is a band that still believes

Caryn Rose

With their surprise EP, U2 channels today’s global crises into a set of familiar but heartfelt protest songs

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The supper club everyone calls

Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu

Each year, thousands dial a century-old Wisconsin supper club hoping to win the December reservation lottery

Smoke and flames rise at the site of airstrikes on an oil depot in Tehran on March 7, 2026. (Sasan / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's "unpredictable" war in Iran

Garrett Owen

Analysts see the possibility of escalation, collapse, or negotiation, while stability remains elusive

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., has been one of the biggest advocates for war against Iran with President Donald Trump (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Lindsey Graham: Trump's little war devil

Heather Digby Parton

The South Carolina senator and noted war hawk pushed Trump on Iran. Now he says "Cuba is next."

President Donald Trump addresses the nation on Dec. 17, 2025. (Doug Mills / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s dangerous moral crusade

Chauncey DeVega

The president casts himself as the ultimate authority on good and evil — and believes it is his job to enforce it

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A school bus in Pasadena, California. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

DOJ flips civil rights law on its head

Russell Payne

In conservative push to redefine the 14th Amendment, Los Angeles schools are on the front line

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a Cabinet meeting on Oct. 9, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Pete Hegseth's action movie rhetoric

Casey Ryan Kelly - The Conversation

The defense secretary's bro-y tone is borrowed from blockbusters

Stephen Colbert speaks during the 2026 Writers Guild Awards New York Ceremony at Edison Ballroom on March 08, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Writers Guild of America East)

Colbert: This isn't the Red Scare

Alex Galbraith

The late-night host pushed back against his characterization as a martyr for free expression at the WGA Awards

Anti-war protestors gather in front of the New York Public Library and mourn the 180 Iranian children killed during U.S.-Israeli bombing on Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' elementary school in Minab, Iran, on March 08, 2026, in New York City, U.S. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Getty Images)

US likely responsible for school strike

Alex Galbraith

The Trump administration claims the all-girls school in Iran was struck by malfunctioning Iranian munitions

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